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Locality Name:
Paso De Indios Department, Chubut Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 239609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paso De Indios Department, Chubut Province, Argentina": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cerro Cóndor Deposit
El Sombrero
Los Adobes
Los Altares
Piedras Blancas
Valle De Las Plumas

Latitude: 43°35'28"S
Longitude: 68°44'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.591111111111,-68.748888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O S Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAutuniteBaryteBixbyiteCalciteCorundumFeldsparMeta-autunite
NonePhosphuranylitePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Schröckingerite  (*)Trona  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)123568803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O123561627
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6123522060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O22352,23541272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1235711547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O312359104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1235627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O32350,2352,23531184
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)21235690
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F123562740
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl123561398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O332356,2358,235914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3123595433
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O12354388
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O123532994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)123592349
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O12354182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232356,2358,235961156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12356598
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O32350,2352,2354128
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O12356129
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O22350,2353628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O22350,2354890


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